bling?

no bling for me at all.

see, i'm currently wearing one of those cotton rope bracelets:

http://www.spoonsisters.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/23314.jpg

:) i can see it

http://resources.shopstyle.com/pim/70/7d/707d5f4823d4a8509eead84d61a7c173_medium.jpg

asd;flkad;lfkj

tiffany charmbracelets. $425 a charm

i usually wear something, every day. today i'm wearing a white leather wristcuff with some silver something on it. i don't know if that counts. bracelets are a big thing for me. and i need to get more earings in a very urgent way.

Bling Closby.

okay, guys, i am looking for a certain kind of necklace. i'm sure these necklaces have a name, but i don't know what it is. they're kind of vintage-looking and rather than having a single pendant, they have three evenly spaced pendant-like things, often flower-shaped. dr. cuddy on house sometimes wears a silver one. worst description ever, i know, but has anyone seen one for sale? i don't even know how to search for one online since i don't know what they're called.

i don't know their name or if they have one but i love that style too

i am wearing no bling today because i've been going to yoga class first thing in the morning and so of course don't put jewelery on and forget to put it in my bag.

i've really been into bracelets lately, esp this thin green & gold(coloured) bangle-style bracelet i have. not v blingy tho.

the owner of a vintage clothing store that i am acquainted with (his name is michael aka pr1nc3ss p3arl) pronounces it "neck-lace" as opposed to "neckliss" which made me wonder if anyone else pronounces the compound word like that

No idea! Never heard of such a thing!

Something like...this?

yeah, sort of, Laurel! for some reason i think the pendanty things in the neckare more like brooches than pendants...like they are fastened in the middle rather than at the top, or fastened by several strands so that they seem more part of the chain than hanging from it. and the necklaces sit pretty high on the neck--not melrose place chokers quite, but not quite as long as that one.

guys i have done so many google searches trying to find out where House got that necklace they have Lisa Edelstein wear sometimes.

"in the necklaces i'm thinking about are more like brooches" is what i meant

they don't sit high on your neck--that would be weird; they sit high on your clavicle-area. jesus i need a picture, don't i.

Words, thousand, et cetera

okay on an unrelated note, i wish my everyday fashion was such that it would be appropriate to wear with indian jewelry:

http://www.shahji.com/ProductImages/16/160099b.jpg

i also wish i could afford it but that almost seems seconday.

delicious. simply delicious.

<3 Surmounter, i have a feeling we share similarly exquisite taste when it comes to jewelry.

you may be on to something!

http://www.shahji.com/ProductImages/16/160078b.jpg

that one's demure! almost understated!

hmm, i have a necklace kind of like that, it's 40's vintage.. just costume jewelry.. but maybe looking through 40's vintage necklaces on ebay you'd find something in that style?

i mean like the one with three pendants, sorry

thanks, daria, i had no idea what era that kind of necklace was from, so that's helpful!

i'm not an expert but it looks 40's style to me.. those charm necklaces that were all the rage in the 80's were actually inspired by bakelite/plastic jewelry from the 40's, a lot of that seemed to have the style of a fairly large chain w/several pendants on it. maybe late 40's early 50's even

maybe "bib necklace" is the term you want?
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-ART-NOUVEAU-SILVER-ABALONE-SHELL-BIB-NECKLACE_W0QQitemZ380051556620QQihZ025QQcategoryZ10967QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem";>like this</a>

d'oh, stupid code.. how do i shot.. item -- 380051556620

that necklace is cool!

i'm getting into champagne diamonds
http://www.tanzanitegem.com/diamonds/champagne-diamonds/champagnediamond.jpg

ok its not bling, but its the only piece of jewelry/accessory that i'm considering at the moment. i currently own none:

http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/fang.jpg

from perks&mini

luv

$$$?

I'm sort of "into" champagne diamonds because I think the marketing push to make them desirable has been coming from non-DeBeers holdings. I read some time ago that most diamonds labeled "champagne" have come from non-DeBeers mines in Australia and are considered cruelty-free (and not related to apartheid).

DB has skewed the market toward glorifying "colorless" diamonds but that's entirely their own construction. Glad to see anything that fucks them over.

fuck debeers.

or black diamonds -- my girlfriend got a black diamond engagement ring! really pretty.

The Argyle mine is the largest raw diamond producer in the world, but a low percentage of its yield (around 5%) is gem-quality. The worldwide average yield of gem-quality diamonds is around 20%. The remaining 95% of Argyle's production is classified as "near gem quality" and "industrial grade".

Arglye is owned by Anglo-Australian mining titan, the Rio Tinto Group (60% ownership), which also owns stakes in the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada and the Murowa diamond mine in Zimbabwe. Ashton Mining has the remaining 40% ownership. In 1996 Argyle turned the De Beers distribution monopoly on its head by going-it-alone, bypassing De Beers' Diamond Trading Company DTC/Sightholder wholesale network, selling directly to the Antwerp diamond trade.

From http://www.khulsey.com/jewelry/kh_jewelry_diamond_mines_australia.html

$$$?

its about $250usd maybe? i could prolly swing a discount though, heh

ha, i like that. is there a good place to view their jewelry online? the website almost triggered a seizure.

omg yeah yikes.

well, i dont think they do a whole lot of jewelry but its based out of australia and only a few US stockists.. you know jill at i heart? she is their US showroom person . she might have some

well i know for sure she has the fang necklaces

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/12/barack_buys_michele_30000_ring.html

hotness for michelle

i'm not loving the ring itself, but anything that sends the right-wing blogosphere into frivolous apoplexy is okay by me.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Obama_aide_denies_ring_story.html

surm have you been watching the bling paris hilton is giving out on her show as prizes/gifts?

no!

i can't believe i haven't kept up with that show. the girls were just so fuckin dumb

yeah. seriously. i really liked the granddaughter of clark gable or whoever though

anyway they all got effiel tower necklaces, of course, but some peeps are getting other stuff like skulls made out of diamonds etc

dang

I bought some bling the other week, but it isn't actually sparkly. It is just very, very blue. If it weren't somewhat fragile I wd wear it 94/7, but alas it goes back in the padded box. <3 <3 <3

My First Bling

I am coveting much bling on Etsy (I am a cheapass, big deal) including necklaces with wrenches, abacuses, handsaws, little bottles of poison and sparrows.

My dad's a jeweller and in fifth grade he made me this beautiful necklace - a miniature silver Gibson guitar with tiny rubies and diamonds used for the knobs, complete with real guitar strings. My first bling!

um, Laurel's last post obviously got into my subconscious there.. Damn.

blign advice needed here yall:

advice needed: best friendship necklace???

Not so much bling, but just jewelry. I'd like to wear more of it, but I never know what to buy. The cheap stuff looks too cheap to me (not a problem I have with clothes!), and I'm not sure if I invested in something more expensive that I would wear it. How to improve my jewelry IQ? Is Alex Bittar a good place to start?

Ahahahahh omg. Alexis Bittar is by and large GORGEOUS and wonderful, but too blingy for me! I know someone who knows someone who works there, but I don't think the discount will extend that far.

i've been getting really into gold. and diamonds.

(i know this is shocking)

i bought this for the beau for xmas:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/allocryptic/6a00e550fcf550883401053656f7bb970b-.jpg

he was v. pleased

that's fun

i got a really cool necklace -- it's a black heart, with wings (silver)

Elmo, where is that necklace from?

y did i only find this thread now? right cause i run a jewellery shop hah

ooh! do you have a website? prolly not, prolly your shop is cute and quaint

okay, guys, i am looking for a certain kind of necklace. i'm sure these necklaces have a name, but i don't know what it is. they're kind of vintage-looking and rather than having a single pendant, they have three evenly spaced pendant-like things, often flower-shaped. dr. cuddy on house sometimes wears a silver one. worst description ever, i know, but has anyone seen one for sale? i don't even know how to search for one online since i don't know what they're called.

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i just got one of these in gold -- three little birds

is your name robert nesta marley

surmounter we have a website but it only focuses on the antique laces.

pleas share!

new bling http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/rrawn/Photo8.jpg

if i had bling, i'd be pawnin' it

http://www.cashforgold.com/

my hairdresser got a charmbracelet from tiffany's. she makes like 3 times more money than i do. love her.